It seems like if my usual offenders (Johnny and Everett) are trying to be on their best behavior, which they were today, then other kids feel the need to take over that role in our room. Rylyn is usually a very good little one, but decided to be rude and hide Abbie's coupons from her today. And then lie about it. And Keon, who is normally pretty quiet, was in quite the mood. During our (first ever) reading groups today, he was being a little jokester and then leaned over and smugly whispered in my ear, "I'm sarcastic."
We've finished our science unit, which is good since all of fish died anyway, and are moving on to social studies - learning about cultures and traditions. I'm discovering that these babies have no idea the difference between states and countries. I was explaining that three of our students have parents from different countries - Philip's parents are from Korea, Amelie's from France and Sweden, and Nathan's dad is from Slovenia. We even talked about how they speak different languages and come from different cultures. To which the kids started responding, "My dad is from Idaho! My mom is from Florida!" I feel like this unit is going to open up a whole world of misconceptions.
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